Latin American Film Festival
This program is designed to highlight groundbreaking films from Latin America and
to build awareness among the KSU campus and greater-Atlanta community. The artistry
of these films brings to light the important social and cultural topics they address.
Screenings are free and open to the public. Each film will be accompanied by a brief
introduction from the Consul General of the film's host country, as well as a Q&A
session following the screening.
If you have any questions please contact event organizer:
Ernesto Silva, PhD
Associate Professor of Latin American/Latin@ Studies & Spanish
Interdisciplinary Studies Department (ISD)/Department of Foreign Languages (DFL)
Office Personal: 470-578-3208 | ISD Office: 470-578-2431
Email: esilva@kennesaw.edu
Announcing the 2021 LAFF film line up:
Co-Sponsored with the Consul Generals of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Mexico, and Peru
This year, we will screen the films through Zoom so you can watch at a safe social
distance.
Please see the full film line up with dates, times and Zoom links below. Hope you
can join us!
Fatal Assistance (2013)
Country: Haiti
Director: Raoul Peck
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Dr. Cécile Accilien, co-editor of the recently published Teaching Haiti: Strategies
for Creating New Narratives, will introduce film and lead discussion.
Negra (2020)
Country: Mexico
Director: Medhin Tewolda Serrano
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Director will join the screening.
Medea (2017)
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Alexandra Latishev Salazar
Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Director will join the screening.
The Flight of the Azacuán (2014)
Country: Guatemala
Director: Rafael González
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Final Minute
Country: Ecuador
Director: Luis Aviles
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Director will join the screening.
Pacíficum: Return to the Ocean (2017)
Country: Peru
Director: Mariana Tschudi
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Once upon a Time In Venezuela (2020)
Country: Venezuela
Director: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Time: 7 p.m.
Director will join the screening.
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Fandango at the Wall
Country: Mexico
Director: Varda Bar-Kar
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
*Yo soy de allá
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Loria, Andrés Madrigal
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
*One of two shorts for the evening.
*Amor de temporada
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Sergio Pucci
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
*One of two shorts for the evening
La casa más grande del mundo
Country: Guatemala
Director: Ana V. Bojorquez & Lucía Carreras
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
Tan distintos
Country: Ecuador
Date: Friday, 30 October 2020
Director: Pablo Arturo Suárez
Time: 7 p.m.
Viejos amigos
Country: Peru
Date: Thursday, 5 November 2020
Director: Fernando Villarán Luján
Time: 7 p.m.
Pájaros de verano
Country: Colombia
Date: Friday, 13 November 2020
Directors: Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
Time: 7 p.m.
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El regreso (2012)
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Hernán Jiménez
La carga (2016)
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Mexico
Director: Alan Jonsson
Donde acaban los caminos (2004)
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Guatemala
Director: Carlos García Agaz
El día de la cabra (2017)
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus
Country: Colombia
Director: Samil Oliveros
Minha mãe e uma peça 2/My Mom Is a Character 2 (2016)
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Brazil
Director: César Rodrigues
Un novio para mi mujer (2008)
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus
Country: Argentina
Director: Juan Taratuto
Retablo (2017)
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Peru
Director: Álvaro Delgado Aparicio
Rethinking Cuban Civil Society (2019)
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus
Country: Cuba
Director: María Isabel Alfonso
*Note: This is a special presentation celebrating the Year of Cuba at KSU
Cuentos sin hadas (2012)
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Ecuador
Director: Sergio Briones
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Ilusiones, S.A. (2015)
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Mexico
Director: Roberto Girault
Double Feature:Mi Tesoro / My Treasure (2017) &Barlovento a Sotavento / Up Wind Down
Wind (2017)
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: El Salvador
Directors: Michael Flores / Pilar Colomé
The First Lady of the Revolution (2016)
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Andrea Kalin
El Silencio de los Fusiles / When the Guns Go Silenced (2017)
Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Director: Nathalia Orozco
Country: Colombia
El Último Elvis / The Last Elvis (2012)
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Argentina
Director: Armando Bo
Double Feature:Justicia Divina / Divine Justice (2016) & Pulga / Flea (2017)
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Honduras
Director: Alejandro Irías
(Note: The director will introduce the two shorts)
Minha mãe é uma peça / My Mother is a Character (2013)
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Building Q Room 202, Marietta Campus
Country: Brazil
Director: André Pellenz
Una Sombra al Frente / Crossing a Shadow (2007)
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Social Sciences Room 1019. Kennesaw Campus
Country: Peru
Director: Augutso Tamayo
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El ciudadano Ilustre/The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Burruss Building, Room 151, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Argentina
Directors: Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn
La tierra y la sombra/Land and Shade (2015)
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Colombia
Director: César Acevedo
Mexican Shorts (2014)
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Prillaman 1103, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Mexico
Director: Various
Description: This is a collection of award-winning shorts from Mexico.
Cuchillos en el Cielo/ (2013)
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Burruss Building, Room 151,
Kennesaw Campus
Country: Peru
Director: Alberto Durant
Linha de Passe (2008)
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Prillaman 1103, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Brazil
Directors: Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
El facilitador/The Facilitator (2013)
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Burruss Building, Room 151, Kennesaw Campus
Country: Ecuador
Director: Víctor Arregui
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Dos Aguas / Two Waters (2014)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 1019
Country: Costa Rica
Director: Patricia Velázquez
Cuatro Puntos Cardinales / Four Cardinal Points (2014)
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 3030
Country: El Salvador
Director: Javier Kafie
El abrazo de la serpiente / Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 1019
Country: Colombia
Director: Ciro Guerra
Cápsulas / Capsules (2012)
Thursday, October 13
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 1019
Country: Guatemala
Director: Verónica Riedel
Generación Spielberg / Generation Spielberg (2014)
Tuesday, October 18
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 3030
Country: Mexico
Director: Gibrán Bazán
Resurrección / Resurrection (2015)
Thursday, October 20
Time:5-7 PM
Location SO 1019
Country: Argentina
Director: Gonzalo Calzada
La Prueba / The Trial (2006)
Tuesday, October 25
Time: 5-7 PM
Location: SO 1019
Country: Peru
Director: Judith Vélez
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Kennesaw State University in collaboration with the Consulates of Argentina, Brazil,
Mexico & Peru was proud to host our 2015 Latin American Film Festival.
O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias/The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
Tuesday, September 27
Time: 6:00 PM
Country: Brazil
Presented by: The Consulate General of Brazil
El aura/The Aura (2005)
Tuesday, October 4
Time: 6:00 PM
Country: Argentina
Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Presented by the Consulate General of Argentina
La piedra ausente/The Absent Stone (2013)
Tuesday, October 11
Time: 6:00 PM
Country: Mexico
Directors: Jesse Lerner, Sandra Rozental
Presented by the Consulate General of Mexico
Las malas intenciones/The Bad Intentions (2011)
Thursday, October 13
Time: 6:00 PM
Country: Peru
Director: Rosario García-Montero
Presented by the Consulate General of Peru
